It’s truly a thing of beauty when an actress pops up out of nowhere only to pop her top. With great nudity coming from horror movie remakes and pay cable and just about everywhere else this year, it was hard to pick just 10, but these were the 10 tempting treats who made the biggest impression with their nude debuts in 2009.
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1. Eva Amurri
Best known for the teen pregnancy flick Saved! and for being the juicy fruit of Susan Sarandon’s succulent loins, Eva Amurri broke out big time in 2009 on the Showtime hit Californication. As stripper Jackie, Eva shows up greasing the pole in professor David Duchovny’s fantasy in the episode “Verities Balderdash,” only to strip for him for real (and give one hell of a lap dance) in “Zoso.”
2. Betsy Rue
Before her five-minute 3D nude scene in My Bloody Valentine, Betsy Rue had only been seen in bit parts. But even though Valentine hasn’t led to more nudity yet, it’s sent her in the right direction, with roles in Miss March and Halloween II and even the True Blood episode “Nothing But the Blood,” which showed up on Mr. Skin’s Top 10 Nude Scenes of 2009 at #4 thanks to Anna Paquin’s boob baring. (Betsy, by the way, came in at #6.)
3. Alice Eve
The daughter of accomplished British thespians, Alice Eve had a smattering of small roles before joining heavyweights like Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, and Ashley Judd in Crossing Over. And now that she’s proven that she can hold her own (and show her own as well) amidst such stellar talent, it’s looks like Alice is set for stardom, with a role in the Sex and City sequel on the horizon.
4. Julianna Guill
Julianna Guill busted onto the scene this year in Friday the 13th, and her co-star Travis Van Winkle summed up just why she’s so special as she rode atop him with a video camera: “Your tits are stupendous Your tits are fucking just so juicy, dude. You’ve got perfect nipple placement, baby.” And all Julianna can say is “I know.” So do we, Jules, so do we.
5. Katie Cassidy
Being the daughter of former teen heartthrob David Cassidy may have given sassy blonde Katie Cassidy a leg up in Hollywood, but when she was cast as a stripper in Live! she didn’t need daddy’s help to take off her top and make us all c’mon, get happy. Since Live! Katie’s gone on to star in Harper’s Island and Melrose Place and will be one of the leads in next year’s Nightmare on Elm Street remake.
6. Morena Baccarin
Having gotten the attention of fanboys everywhere with stints on the sci-fi series Firefly and Stargate-SG1, Morena Baccarin became a big name with the TV remake V. But before that alien adventure hit the airwaves in November, Morena got spectacularly nude in Death in Love, giving her lover an earful while the audience got more than an eyeful.
7. Courtney Ford
Having mostly done one-offs on network TV series until this year, Courtney Ford was better known for her marriage to Superman Returns star Brandon Routh than her acting career. Then she showed up on the Showtime serial-killer series Dexter as a reporter willing to do just about anythingincluding taking off her top in three separate episodes while bedding the detective supplying her with leadsto get to the bottom of a story.
8. Ellen Woglom
We took notice of 22-year-old Ellen Woglom earlier this year when she showed up as Becca’s high-school pal on Californication. And even though we knew that she was much older than her private-school uniform on that show let on, we were still surprised to see her get naked three times in two separate episodes (and even engaging in some self love) on the underrated Starz series Crash.
9. Naturi Naughton
If you saw Naturi Naughton in the wholesome remake of Fame this summer, you probably had no idea that earlier in the year she had used her sweet voice to recreate some of the raunchiest lyrics to come out of rapper Lil’ Kim’s mouth. Naturi played the pint-sized powerhouse in the Biggy Smalls biopic Notorious and proved that she’s not Lil’ where it counts.
10. Margarita Levieva
Ashton Kutcher beds a lot of hot women in Spread, and while it’s a treat seeing repeat performances from the likes of Anne Heche and Rachel Blanchard, we were impressed by former Russian gymnast Margarita Levieva baring her parts while Ashton bares his soul.
